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With an illustrious career spanning more than 37 years as financial services regulator in multiple jurisdictions including India & Mauritius, Mr. Kuriachen has an impeccable track record as an expert in Banking, fund management, regulation & supervision of financial markets (capital markets, mutual funds & global business). As the CEO of FSC Mauritius, he led the integrated non-banking financial services regulator (Regulator for capital market, Insurance, Pensions, NBFCs, Global Business Corporations etc) of the Republic of Mauritus & was instrumental in formulating various policies that strengthened its position as one of the favourite investment destinations, before taking up the positon of India representative. Retired from SEBI in August 2017 as Chief General Manager (CGM), He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), qualified banker (CAIIB), & holds a certification in Global Capital Markets from Baruch College (NYCU-USA). Previously, he has held positions as member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Committee group for sub-Saharan Africa (FSB-RCG), Council Member of the Mauritius Financial Reporting Council & Board Member of the Statistics board Mauritius.

Darryl joined Capricorn Fund Managers in February 2013 as COO and has experience in running the operations and finance side of hedge funds and dealing with administrators.Prior to joining Capricorn, he listed an insurance broker on the AIM market and was the COO of the Stenham Group, an international financial services group providing alternative asset management investment solutions (hedge fund of funds ($3.6bn) and property funds (€3bn)). After qualifying as a chartered accountant with Deloitte, London, in 1991 he remained there until 1998 before joining a client, Primedia, an international media group, as Commercial Director responsible for the European operations, corporate finance and tax planning.

Previously Head of Sales at Edelweiss Prime Brokerage, Anand was instrumental in building & scaling the business from scratch over a 10 year stint. Considered to be a thought leader in the securities services & the FPI space, Anand has been part of various panels & Anand has advised & serviced diverse set of clients including hedge funds, HFTs, long only & quant funds. He is also an advisor to a number of start ups & helps them in their overall strategy & business development.

Previously the Head of International Compliance (Asia & Africa) at Edelweiss, Nilesh was instrumental in building & scaling up the finance & operations teams, implementing financial systems & independently managing enterprise functions at various overseas offices of Edelweiss. A chartered accountant by profession, Nilesh comes with rich experience in international finance, compliance, asset management & business operations.

Formerly the Chief Operating Officer(COO) at Edelweiss institutional equities, Anand played a pivotal role in setting up risk, electronic trading & business operations during his 11 years stint. Joining Edelweiss, as a trader, in 2005, Anand's passion for technology led him to play an important role in process automation across different verticals within the group.

Neha brings with her over a decade of experience and proficiency in Compliance, Legal, Operations, Due diligence and Anti Money Laundering related matters across verticals which include FPI, PMS, AIF, MF, Investment Advisors, Broking, DP, Research Analyst, Commodity, Housing Finance and NBFC. On the international advisory side, Neha has been instrumental in setting up offshore structures such as SPVs/CIS/PCC and close ended fund structures across global jurisdictions. She also manages advisory mandates concerning equity raising through NCD/CCD issuance. An MBA from MIT, Neha has previously worked with Edelweiss Group Compliance Team and Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd.

Vanita is a communications expert and leads our client on-boarding and process automation cells. She understands compliance from an implementation perspective and helps clients adhere to statutory and functional requirements.She is an expert at processes required by institutional clientele like FPI’s, FDI, PMS, AIF and insurance funds.

Govind is Assistant Vice President – Transaction Advisory business of WFS. He has close to a decade of experience in Private Equity, M&A deal and Investment advisory. Prior to WFS he had stints with PWC and E&Y where he has worked extensively with the deals team where his focus was largely on financial services industry. Govind is a Chartered Accountant and holds bachelor’s degree from the University of Mumbai

Sham is Institutional Equities Sales Trader at WFS.He has over a decade of experience in research and trading of almost all asset classes including Equites, Commodities, Currencies and Bonds. At WFS he is responsible for scaling up equities trading desk and also provide research advisory services on both public and private companies. He was instrumental in setting up the institutional broking desk at Canara Bank Sec. and served some of the marquee clients. Sham holds PGP in Securities Market from NISM.

Pallavi heads the marketing support function at Wilson and is an expert at communication & relationship management. Her unconventional approach has paved the way for new products and services. She is a graduate of the University of Exeter, UK